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octavalent, a. Chem.|ɒktəˈveɪlənt| Also (now rare) octo-. [f. octa-, octo- + L. vālent-em, pres. pple. of valēre to be worth.] Characterized by a valency of eight.
1880Octovalent [see per-1 5 b]. 1909J. N. Friend Theory of Valency xvii. 117 Osmium apparently functions as an octavalent atom in the tetroxide OsO4, as does ruthenium in RuO4. 1950N. V. Sidgwick Chem. Elements II. 1458 There are a fair number of octovalent osmium compounds. 1973S. E. Livingstone in J. C. Bailar et al. Comprehensive Inorg. Chem. III. xliii. 1209 The octavalent state [of osmium] is more stable than that of ruthenium. Hence octaˈvalency, the property of being octavalent.
1925Ann. Rep. Progr. Chem. XXI. 54 These facts are held to confirm the octavalency of osmium. |